Historians, veterans, politicians, and anti-war leaders discuss the history of the military draft in the United States through the Vietnam War, and examine the consequences of its replacement with an all-volunteer professional force currently comprising less than one-half of one percent of the population.
Direction
Matthews lets Rumsfeld hang himself with his own words
Editing
Juxtaposes elite college deferments with working-class draft cards
Sound
Campbell Scott's narration: calm, devastating, unflinching
Director
Aaron Matthews
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1973 switch to all-volunteer force created the civilian-military gap that defines modern American politics; this doc was released as that gap hit 40+ years wide.
Campbell Scott's narration was recorded in a single day; his father George C. Scott famously refused his Oscar for 'Patton,' making this a strange Vietnam-doc family legacy.
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